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STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town

Marvelous Inc. · XSEED Games · 2020-07-14

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CasualRPGSimulation

Franchise: Story of Seasons · Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 17, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 15, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Experience the joys of life on the farm in this reimagining of a timeless STORY OF SEASONS classic!

158
playing now
93%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

158 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, developed and published by Marvelous Interactive. It is the first Game Boy Advance game of the Story of Seasons series, and is a remake of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. It was first released in Japan in April 2003, in North America in November 2003, and in Europe in March 2004. Many critics praised it as the best entry of the series, combining elements from the best-selling console entries and introducing many notable series staples. It was later released on the Virtual Console for the Wii U in June 2015.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 158 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 203 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,248 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 9,566 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 115k–258k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,739 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.37-79%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.34 at GameBillet (2025-10-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 46 of 93 observed days · $31.65 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20202026Week of 2020-07-01: 1,204 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

190532026-08-11 18:00 — 87 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 113 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 60 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 74 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 99 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 93 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 126 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 133 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 80 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 123 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 89 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 63 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 119 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 102 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 54 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 153 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 167 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 70 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 185 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 108 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 54 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 190 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 99 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 53 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 173 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 65 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 178 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 158 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$7.872020-06-182026-08-282020-06-18 — best price $49.992020-12-22 — best price $29.992021-06-28 — best price $29.992021-09-27 — best price $39.992021-12-16 — best price $27.992022-02-03 — best price $39.992022-07-07 — best price $39.992022-11-22 — best price $19.992023-03-13 — best price $39.992023-06-30 — best price $15.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-01-22 — best price $39.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-08-23 — best price $39.992025-09-03 — best price $37.712025-09-15 — best price $9.992025-10-16 — best price $39.992025-11-04 — best price $37.222025-11-20 — best price $9.992025-12-07 — best price $37.122025-12-18 — best price $7.872026-01-07 — best price $35.892026-02-18 — best price $8.902026-03-05 — best price $35.892026-03-28 — best price $35.892026-04-21 — best price $35.892026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-05-22 — best price $7.982026-06-07 — best price $33.552026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-07-24 — best price $8.792026-08-12 — best price $39.992026-08-28 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

166512026-05-30 — 77 pageviews2026-06-02 — 99 pageviews2026-06-05 — 112 pageviews2026-06-08 — 86 pageviews2026-06-11 — 78 pageviews2026-06-14 — 102 pageviews2026-06-17 — 86 pageviews2026-06-20 — 72 pageviews2026-06-23 — 84 pageviews2026-06-26 — 75 pageviews2026-06-29 — 88 pageviews2026-07-02 — 89 pageviews2026-07-05 — 123 pageviews2026-07-08 — 73 pageviews2026-07-11 — 88 pageviews2026-07-14 — 89 pageviews2026-07-17 — 100 pageviews2026-07-20 — 166 pageviews2026-07-23 — 94 pageviews2026-07-26 — 103 pageviews2026-07-29 — 112 pageviews2026-08-01 — 95 pageviews2026-08-04 — 97 pageviews2026-08-07 — 106 pageviews2026-08-10 — 131 pageviews2026-08-13 — 83 pageviews2026-08-16 — 113 pageviews2026-08-19 — 112 pageviews2026-08-22 — 128 pageviews2026-08-25 — 152 pageviews2026-08-27 — 99 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5502026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 55 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
46.3%
earned "Master Chicken Keeper"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on Tablet5 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,82227%36
Steam (Steam)1,6756%35
Xbox One (Xbox)1,0865%35
Switch (Nintendo)2300%0
Windows (Xbox)18511%35
Switch (Nintendo)1610%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCuteAnimeCasualRemakeRomanceLife SimRelaxingDating SimOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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